The Ascension is the eighth studio album from singer, songwriter and composer Sufjan Stevens and is the long awaited follow-up to Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell.
Seven Swans is a record of remarkable delicacy, and the genuine otherness you would expect from an erstwhile member of profoundly eccentric collective the Danielson Famile.
This is a recording from the 4-time Tony-nominated Broadway show Illinoise: A New Musical. The new work features music and lyrics by Sufjan Stevens based on his album Illinois, a book by Tony Award-winning director-choreographer Justin Peck .
A decade after it's release, Carrie & Lowell continues to resonate as one of Sufjan Stevens' most personal and beloved albums-"a fall-down gorgeous and emotionally devastating masterpiece" (The Guardian).